Draft appliance for agricultural implements.



A. HARTMAN.

DRAFT APPLIANCE FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLBMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2. 1909.

' Patented Jul 27, 1909.

Wituuoeo To all whoin time concern: 4 Be it known that I, ALBER UNITED "STAT as PATENT OFFICE.

1 ALBERT HA'R'lMAN, or sA N;AN'roN1o, TEXAS/,1

DrtAF'r' APrLIANo roanen con ruitiii. mPLEMEiq'rs.

', Application filed. Apri HARTMAN, a citizen. of the United States -of America, residing at San I Antonio,- in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Draft Ap-l pliances for Agricultural Implements, of? which the following is a specification.

This} invention relates todraft appliances for agricultural implements, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to r0- vide reliable and efficient means for gui ing implement .tongue and ,tongue'urposition to be utilized bythe feet 1 through a yoke or keeper 5 and the line 1- 1 of Fig. 1.

Referring togthe drawing, designates a. draft tongue'or pole,

a harrow, cultivator or other agricultural, by meansof a pivoted draft a toot lever. secured to said of the 'driver to swing the tongue andto keep the harrow disksor other implements in proper alinement. Another object of ton ue which can beswung at opposite sides of t e draft line for a limited distance and which can. be controlled by the driver ofthe draft animals. "a These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

in which,- Figure-11s a planview of a draftappliance made-1n, accordance with my invention,

and showing indotted lines one of the posix tions to which operation; Fi ,same.

the'tongue may be swung-in Fig. 3 s a sectional view on the line. 3-.-3 of Fig. 1. Fig-:4 is a sectional view on the numeral. 1

a bar for supportfng .the drivers seat- 3. The tongue or pole 1 1s ivoted to the bar 2 by means of a pin orbo t 4 which extends through the tongue 1 and the bar 2, as sliown nore particularly in Fig. 4, said bolt having a nut 6 applied to the end thereof outside theyoke 5. As shown in Fig. 4, the yoke 5 is. provided-with side enlargements 7 which will permit a limited. .lateral movement to the tonguel relatively to the bar 2. -A hammer strap 8 is connected to the yoke 5by the bolt 4, and a doubletree 9 is pivoted to the tongue 'doubletree and the and to the hammer strap 8 by a bolt 10 extending through the hammer strap, the tongue 1, said bolt being tongue.

is a foot rest 12. These Ea suitable keeper 17 is secured to' op the invention is'to proride a draft appliance. embodying a draft means of a bolt 20, saids'tandardbeing con-j 2 is aside elevation of the,

and 2 is,

place to place tongue rigidly in place 1 f that my invention,

Patented July 27, 1909.

with a nut 11 underneath the 'The doubletree 9 is limited in its pivotal action upon thetongue'zlt by means ot'its proximity to the yoke 5l"- However, since the tongue 1 is pivoted to the bar '2, the entire tongue may swing uponthe bolt 4 toa limited extent. Secured to the rearend of the tongue 1 upon opposite sides thereof footrests are each provided with an integral bar 13 bolt-edto the side of the tongue, and a bracebar 1 L is secured-by means of bolts 15. to thefoot rest and by means of a bolt 16 to thetongue. Tolimit'the pivotal action of'the; tongue 1 posite by means of a horizontal provided sides of the tongue bolt 18. The, keeper the ton' ue 1 to swing to a limited extent upon either side of thelcentral draft line.

The seat 3 is secured to a standard 19 by n'ected to thebar 2 by means of bolts "21. A crossbar 22 is secured to'the rear end-:91"

17 is provided with oppositely disposed loops which will permit the bar 2 by 'means of a bolt 23;" Braces 24 are secured to the outer ,ends of the ba1j'22, theinn'er ends of said braces being secure to the bar 2 by bolts 25 and toth'e bar 22 by means of bolts 26. Connected to the double tree 9 are swingletreesga.

The operation of mylinventioin briefly described as follows; Thedriver sitting upon the seat 3 ma yi place his feet in i the rests 12, andby pushing'npon one orthe other ofsaid rests the tongue 1 may be guided to hold the harrow disks or other implements in proper line Whenever it is necessary. to lconvey the implement from the hole 27 in' the tongue 1, said hole being in alinement with a similar hole in theibar 2 and in the keeper 17,

apin may be inserted through' as shown more par;

ticularly in Fig. 3. ,This will holdthe From the fbe obviou's while sim' le'm construe tiou is very eiiieient for its purpos'ehqd can be readily applied to anyagricultural implement. I. elai1n:-". v

1. A draft appliance comprising ato'ri ue, a-bar to which the tongue is pivoted keepcrfon said tongue to movement thereof relatively tosaid bar,

a v limit the latei'al a foot rest secured to each side of said tongue,

and a seat supported upon said bar.

2. A draft appliance comprising a tongue,

a doubleti'ee piyoted to said tongue, a bar tp which said tongue is pivoted, a keeper secured to opposite sides of said tongue, said keeper inolosing said bar to limit the lateral movement of said tongue relatively to said bar, a foot rest secured to opposite sides of said tongue, and a seat supported upon said 10 bar.

' In testimony whereofI aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT HARTMAN.

I Witnesses:

' M. E. PonTIs,

vD. A. MoAs uL'L. 

